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I would add one point: there is hardly any residential area of Cambridge for which South is significantly closer BUT is more than a mile away - you are talking Cherry Hinton Road. Beyond that, places like Fulbourn are close to the A11 and anyone heading for London would park at Whittlesford...

If the PF was issued before the Hatfield stop, you should have been offered the choice of alighting there (£13.30).

First, I am glad your conscience is active :) Second, GTR offered you their normal out-of-court settlement which you have paid. As far as they are concerned, the matter is closed, and I don't think confessing to them will be helpful to them or you. If you believe you have benefitted...

Multiple coupons lasted well beyond the 60s (and not only for staff travel) - and the format (1/3 A4) is still the layout of many mainland tickets. Am I right that airlines did the same?

An intriguing idea, as Torbay seems to have no park-and-ride (apart from one for Brixham). However, I wonder about the road traffic implications, as traffic to Torbay from the north currently uses the A380 not the A38. If a rail-bases P and R for Torbay is needed, then the Edginswell area where...

Ely apart, what would you do with the unit for the rest of the day?

The only fares from Fareham to Reading (which you have now said you had) are flexible ones. What route did you take from St Denys? It would be very odd to avoid Winchester.

Will they investigate the brother's travel history at all? Have they valid grounds for doing so?

As you say, GA are taking the Anytime fare. If you can evidence that you made fewer journeys than they imdicate, you can do so - evidence on this forum is that train companies are amenable to being corrected.

Yes, but the key there is that the stock came from Rotherhithe Road, which as you say was in an awkward location but B Arms was close by. At least the Chatham line trains were worked round via Ludgate Hill!

The man at Seat61 agrees that SNCF offer connection times across Paris that are decidedly tight (but do-able: 42min GdN to GdL seems to be 2x15min plus average journey time, the same formula as NR use, but doesn't allow for the congested platforms which are a distinctive Parisian feature :) And...

Can't see evidence of a kink in the up line - but there appears to be new-ish ballast shoulders on both tracks, suggesting recent remedial work.

I would put a straightforward statement of the actual appeal at the beginning (the paragraph "I was travelling..." would do) and back that up by quoting sufficient of the regulations to prove the argument. This makes it easier for the reviewer to understand. As it is a slam-dunk ground for...

There was plenty of loco working (often with ECS) to and from CST, reducing the direct movements to/from Rotherhithe Rd sidings (and BA shed). Clearly the loss of Belvedere turntable caused minimal problems, and even the surviving siding was little used; paths to/from Ewer St weren't too great a...

Definitely the first - as my garden demonstrated when I came back from holiday in June - not sure of tue second (except my "lawn").